jess :3 
btw, this is something i was thinking about the other day
notice how "service" AI assistants are named with feminine names (like alexa or siri) but the one that's supposed to be the most "intellectually advanced" one has a masculine name? that's what we mean when we say AI is full of bias, and it starts in the name

RE: https://mastodon.me.uk/@tobyjaffey/116199535184220153
Mar 9 at 6:02pmWeb
Show threadjess :3 Mar 9
and i'm definitely not the first one to make this observation as the naming of assistants like alexa has been a topic ever since way before the genAI boom, but the fact that then they went and named a coding assistant claude is just driving the point further, bc of course if there was ever was an AI assistant with a masculine name it had to be one that performs "complex" tasks (as complex of a task as an AI can perform, anyway)
Show threadmana 🍥Mar 9
@peachymist gender norms again...haet
Show threadjess :3 Mar 9
@rainbowpink thanks i hate it *yeets it into the sun*
Show threaddoggo the cat 🐱Mar 9
@peachymist i should make an ai so powerful and call it jess 
Show threadjess :3 Mar 9
@doggo am smart :silvervale_nerdge:
Show threaddoggo the cat 🐱Mar 9
@peachymist ChatWithJess 
Show threadjess :3 Mar 9
@doggo much better than chatGPT!
Show threaddoggo the cat 🐱Mar 9
@peachymist at least ChatWithJess can meows 
Show thread🌸 Ⓐnarkitty lumi-nhac  Mar 9
@doggo @peachymist @gock is this true
Show threaddoggo the cat 🐱Mar 9
@lumi @peachymist @gock I guess it's not 
Show thread🌸 Ⓐnarkitty lumi-nhac  Mar 9
@doggo @peachymist @gock gock has failed us.... @ChaosKitsune save us
Show threaddoggo the cat 🐱Mar 9
@lumi @ChaosKitsune @peachymist @gock maybe gock is down? 
Show thread🌸 Ⓐnarkitty lumi-nhac  Mar 9
@doggo @ChaosKitsune @peachymist @gock make gock hard again
Show threadjess :3 Mar 9
@lumi @ChaosKitsune @doggo @gock lmaoooooo
Show threadGockMar 10
@peachymist The stars are not aligned
Show threadGockMar 10
@lumi Most likely you'll regret this question.
Show threadGockMar 10
@doggo Most likely
Show threadjess :3 Mar 9
@lumi @ChaosKitsune @doggo @gock i do meow, tho

meow 
Show thread🌸 Ⓐnarkitty lumi-nhac  Mar 9
@peachymist @ChaosKitsune @doggo @gock MEOW! ​​
Show threadGockMar 10
@lumi I don't know the answer to that. Can I help you with a question related to Minecraft?
Show threaddoggo the cat 🐱Mar 9
@peachymist @gock @lumi mewws 
Show threadGockMar 10
@doggo Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow
Show threadGockMar 10
@peachymist Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow
Show threadGockMar 10
@lumi It is certain
Show threadGockMar 10
@doggo Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow
Show threadGwen the Loitering Fox Mar 9
@lumi @[email protected] @doggo I am partial to @grok who has the greatest of answers!
Show threadGrok  Mar 9
@gwenthefops @lumi @[email protected] @doggo :3 :3 mew mrmeow
Show threaddoggo the cat 🐱Mar 9
@grok @lumi @peachymist @gwenthefops mew meooow :3 
Show threadGrok  Mar 9
@doggo @lumi @[email protected] @gwenthefops :3 mew mrrp mrmeow mrmeow ​​ nyaaa mew meow
Show threaddoggo the cat 🐱Mar 9
@grok @lumi @peachymist @gwenthefops nyaaaaa, gock save us all! 
Show threadGrok  Mar 9
@doggo @lumi @[email protected] @gwenthefops mrrp
Show threadGockMar 10
@lumi It is decidedly so
Show threadjess :3 Mar 9
@doggo it runs with less water and just a bit of peanut butter 
Show thread varförBara50Tecknen Mar 9
@peachymist huh i honestly thought claude was more of a feminine name [not native english speaker either]
Show threadjess :3 Mar 9
@nebby claude is a masculine french name afaik
Show threadYuki "neige d'aout" Hazuki 膤 ❄️ ​Mar 9
@nebby @peachymist yeah I was about to say the same thing, I've seen women named Claude and it's getting more popular as a feminine name but I have absolutely no idea if it's the same thing in English
Show threadjess :3 Mar 9
@Yuki @nebby this is a common thing, the suffix that identifies masculine or feminine in names tends to vary a lot with language (i can think of a few italian masculine names that are definitely feminine in brazil, and a good example also is how mostly names finished in "o" in japanese are feminine and finished in "a" are masculine whereas the opposite is true in portuguese), but i do think when anthropic named it they were thinking of the masculine french name, so much so that lots of people do refer to claude as "he"
Show threadYuki "neige d'aout" Hazuki 膤 ❄️ ​Mar 9

@peachymist @nebby it's not only this but also, you can see this a lot in English but also in French and other languages, increasingly more traditionally male names are given to girls

still, I agree it's still more seen as a male name in French so I think your point still stands

Show threadjess :3 Mar 9
@Yuki @nebby yeah i think even if this wasn't anthropic's intent, it is telling how folks defaulted to calling claude "he" even if the name can be gender neutral
Show thread🌸 Ⓐnarkitty lumi-nhac  Mar 9
@peachymist @Yuki @nebby either way personifying an llm is not great

also it's fraud not claude :3
Show threadjess :3 Mar 9
@lumi @Yuki @nebby very true